Overview
Dialexton School of Allied Health Professions in collaboration with INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS offers Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED course, based on the highest standards and current guidelines of the American Heart Association. Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED is geared towards anyone involved in childcare who have a duty to respond to illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Including: childcare workers, teachers, camp counselors, etc. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course
Features
- Self-paced; can be completed wherever Internet access is available
- Includes interactive exercises and videos
- Certificate of completion available to print when the online portion has been completed successfully
- Provides access to all information in the online portion for 24 months after activation of the course key
- Includes audio and transcription for students who may have a hearing or visual disability
- Screen and text-sized options help meet diverse learning needs
- Navigation controls provide students with the flexibility to move easily through content and customize their learning experience
Course Content
- Priorities, roles, and responsibilities of a rescuer providing first aid to a child or infant
- The four key steps in first aid for children and infants: prevent, protect, assess, and act
- Removing protective gloves
- Finding the problem
- Assessment and first aid actions for the following life-threatening conditions: difficulty breathing, choking, severe bleeding, and shock
- How to control bleeding and bandaging
- Using an epinephrine pen
- Recognizing common injuries and illnesses
- How to find information on preventing illness and injury
- Legal questions that apply to pediatric first aid rescuers
- How high-quality CPR improves survival
- Concepts of the AHA Chain of Survival
- Recognizing when someone needs CPR
- Performing high-quality CPR for a child or infant
- Performing high quality CPR for an adult*
- Giving effective breaths by using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
- How to use an AED on an adult*
- How to use an AED on a child
- How to help a choking child, infant, or adult
Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED
For additional AHA classes including Heartsaver® Pediatric First Aid CPR AED and other courses, contact provider directly at: 718.473.6565